Official Name: | Ocotlán |
Settlement Type: | City |
Pushpin Map: | Mexico Tlaxcala#Mexico |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Tlaxcala |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name2: | Tlaxcala |
Established Title: | Founded |
Population As Of: | 2005 |
Population Total: | 22082 |
Timezone: | CST |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Coordinates: | 19.3167°N -98.2283°W |
Elevation M: | 2280 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 90100 |
Area Code: | 246 |
Blank1 Name: | Demonym |
Ocotlán (from the Nahuatl ocotl ("pine tree"), meaning "place of pines") is a city in the Mexican state of Tlaxcala, located in the centre of that state within the conurbation of the state capital, Tlaxcala de Xicohténcatl.
The, dedicated to the Virgin of Ocotlán, a 1541 Marian apparition, is a site of Roman Catholic pilgrimage.
In the 2005 INEGI census, Ocotlán reported a population of 22,082, making it the largest settlement in the municipality of Tlaxcala: more populous even than the state capital, which reported 15,777.[1]